Yvette
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Yvette
This French name has the elegance of other '-ette' names like Colette and Odette, and is a botanical name without being too obvious about it. Related to the sleek French name Yves, it was popular in the US in the 60s, peaking at #125 in 1967, while in its native France it was a Top 10 name back in the 1930s.
Ultimately derived from the Germanic element iwa meaning "yew tree", Yvette can be pronounced as EE-VEHT in French and as ee-VEHT or ih-VEHT in English. Out of style in France since the 70s and the US since the early 2000s, could Yvette be one to reconsider with Sylvie and Odette on the rise?
Yvette is also given to boys.
Pronounced ee-VET.
As of October 2026, Yvette ranked #1630 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #125 in 1967, Nameberry popularity #778.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,414 | 162 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,525 | 148 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,814 | 115 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,953 | 103 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,707 | 122 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,715 | 122 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,741 | 116 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,638 | 128 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,674 | 126 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,823 | 111 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,616 | 129 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,630 | 128 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Yvette for girls
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Yvette on lists
Famous Yvettes
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U.S. Congresswoman from New York
- Yvette Prieto JordanGirl
wife of basketball player Michael Jordan
- Yvette CooperGirl
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- Yvette GuilbertGirl
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- Yvette FreemanGirl
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- Yvette MonrealGirl
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Yvette in pop culture
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character in "Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac" by Gabrielle Zevin
- "YvetteGirl
" short story by Guy de Maupassant
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- Yvette SaywellGirl
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